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People think it’s easy to contract HIV. That might not be a good thing.
Despite the high HIV prevalence in Malawi, individuals do not seem to adjust their behaviour to avoid infection—this may be due to the perceived transmission risk being so high that people become fatalistic, assuming they are doomed to HIV infection ...
Patent pools can promote the diffusion of life-saving drugs in developing countries
Geographic patent pools boost drug licensing and commercialisation, expanding access to life-saving drugs in developing countries.
Did COVID-19 vaccination in Africa progress quicker than we thought?
Official records may have painted an overly bleak picture of vaccination progress in low- and middle-income countries, particularly in sub-Saharan Africa. New research suggests that LMICs may have progressed faster than expected.
One Laptop per Child: Lessons from a long-term follow up
Long-term research on the One Laptop per Child programme reveals that providing laptops to students did not have a positive impact on educational outcomes, likely driven by lack of effects on cognitive skills and limited classroom adoption.
Profit shifting: A global challenge hitting developing countries the hardest
Transfer mispricing—the practice in which multinationals shift profits to subsidiaries in tax havens—disproportionately harms developing countries. What tools can low-capacity governments use to identify these cases of tax evasion? How can global cor...
